Yes, But No

There are always going to be things that are worth fighting for, even going to war for. However, even if there are things that we should fight for, that doesn't mean a country should blunder into any conflict for no apparent reason without thinking of it. One must weigh the costs of each, and figure out if the intended result is worth what one must go through to get it. And in the end, I can't really feel just in condoning war. I feel like it is most likely the lesser of two evils, or three or four evils. And I also recognize that as much as I wish we could all just sit down and talk about our differences, force two warring groups to sit down and listen to what the other says, this world is not that perfect, and sometimes we have to take into account human nature. However, when it is a squabble between two other, unrelated nations, I have a hard time, in my mind, righting siding with one or another unless there is a much more obvious loss of human life resulting from one side or the other.

More or less, I have a hard time saying that there is a time for war. Indeed, that last paragraph was quite rambly and I'm sure I went back and forth while writing it. My point in all of this is simply that yes, I suppose that there is a time for war. But that time should not be something that is jumped to quickly, and it must be thought out first before there is any action. One must remember that a war hurts both sides, and sometimes right and wrong get very easily confused within it.